Winter Storm Scarf

Here in Iowa, the Winter Storm Warning is a common enough occurrence – but when it comes on a weekend, it’s not always unwelcome. It’s the perfect time to relax by the fire, and crochet something warm for when you do finally have to venture outside again! The Winter Storm infinity scarf was designed and crocheted on one such long weekend, and it was the perfect piece to set the mood for a stormy, snowy winter.

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Lion Brand Ice Cream yarn is marketed for babies – and that makes sense, as it comes in bright cheery colors and is crazy soft, washable and wearable. But the Cookies & Cream colorway is a little more sophisticated… a little more grown up. And with it’s shades of grey and white, it reminded me of the layers of snow and clouds in a winter storm, making it the perfect yarn to use for this pattern!

NOTE: This pattern starts with a very long chain. I recommend using stitch markers every so often as you crochet the chain, to help keep count.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Round 1: Leaving a long tail before the slip knot, ch 298, skip the 2 chs closest to the hook (does not count as a st), *dc in next 3 chs, skip 2 chs, (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in next ch, skip 2 chs; repeat from * to end, join to 1st dc with a sl st; use long tail at beginning to sew bottom of Round 1 closed. (259 sts)

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Hi Tamara,as always your pattern is great. And I really like your blog. If you have time,please hop over to alleycatweb,wordpress.com and see how I’ve used your Glittery crochet stars in 2 rounds. And of course,I’ve posted a link to the pattern. Thanks.

Hello there, This is a beautiful scarf. I will use the pattern to make Christmas gifts. However, I couldn’t find the yarn recommended at the store (I went to 5 different stores). I grabbed Lion Brand Homespun which is a somewhat bulky yarn. Do you recommend I go up or down in my chaining? Any comments are much appreciated! Thanx. 🙂

Hi, Tamara! I’m fairly new to crocheting, and I love your blog and tutorials! They’ve really helped me figure out quite a patterns. I’m making this beautiful scarf for my mother-in-law for Christmas. I just love the color, softness of yarn, and the design! I have what might be a dumb question, though: when you say to sew the bottom of round 1 closed, do you mean to sew the entire circle closed?? If so, how would the wearer be able to put the scarf on, if it’s all closed on one end? Since it’s done in rounds, I’m assuming the 32 rounds are the width of the scarf. Or do I only sew a portion of round 1 closed? I’ve moved on to round 2 (without sewing round 1 closed for now). I figure I can come back and sew it later. Thank you for any help you can provide!

Hi Beverly! Thank you so much!! 😀
The sewing closed is just the bottom of that first round, sewing the first and last stitch of the row together at the base of the stitches. There’s a video tutorial (click here!) that should make it much clearer. 🙂

Hi Tamara! I love the look of this scarf but I can’t figure out what you mean by “sewing the first & Last stitch row together at the base of the stitches. You indicate that there is a video tutorial but when I “click here” nothing happens. Do you have another link for that video tutorial?

Since the first round is worked as a row, when you slip stitch to the first stitch made, there’s a little gap there at the bottom where the bottom of the first and last stitch aren’t joined. You can use the tail to sew them together.

It’s driving me crazy though, I can’t seem to find where it say’s click here on this post! :/

The “click here” I refer to is within a response you left to another person named “Beverly”…here Tamara Kelly says:

December 19, 2016 at 9:34 am

Hi Beverly! Thank you so much!!

😀
The sewing closed is just the bottom of that first round, sewing the first and last stitch of the row together at the base of the stitches. There’s a video tutorial (click here!) that should make it much clearer.

I love this scarf! I however am wondering about which yarn to use. I bought Lions Brand Ice Cream yarn in Cookies and Cream. The weight on it is light (3). Is this the yarn that was used in this pattern? Doesn’t seem correct.

Hi Sheryl! It is confusing – some skeins are marked as 3, and some as 2, but all the Ice Cream is the same. I’m not sure why that is, I’ve worked with a variety of colorways and they all work up the same. :/ But you do have the right yarn!